Missouri lawmakers say boosting transportation funding will be a top priority this year, but there's little agreement on how to do it : The Republic

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Missouri lawmakers say boosting transportation funding will be a top priority this year, but there's little agreement on how to do it.

A proposal to increase the state's fuel tax, sponsored by the Republican chairman of the Senate's transportation committee, has support from Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon and the Missouri Department of Transportation's director.

But House Speaker Todd Richardson has said a tax increase is the wrong solution, while the chairman of the House's transportation committee says he's partial to a multi-pronged approach that includes raising the fuel tax, raising the tobacco tax and ending the use of highway department money for the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

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Missouri lawmakers say boosting transportation funding will be a top priority this year, but there's little agreement on how to do it : The Republic